Medical Services

Volunteers

North Ottawa Community Health System has over 300 volunteers that brighten our hallways with their smiles, provide compassionate companionship with our patients at North Ottawa Care Center and Hospice. Volunteers are one of our most valuable assets. If you would like to volunteer please take the time to fill out an application by one of two ways,

Volunteers

Volunteers serve North Ottawa Community Hospital, Hospice of North Ottawa Community and North Ottawa Care Center at Heartwood Lodge.

North Ottawa Community Hospital

North Ottawa Community Hospital Volunteers are the men and women in royal blue and junior volunteers in stripes, who help patients and staff in many ways. With over 300 volunteers contributing over 27,000 hours annually, NOCH volunteers make a difference!

Hospice of North Ottawa Community at Heartwood Lodge

Volunteers provide compassionate care to patients and their loved ones coping with life-limiting illnesses. Hospice of North Ottawa Community strives to give its volunteers the best training possible to enable them to be an integral part of the Hospice team. Volunteer training is provided based on the level of service, volunteer interests and talents, and organization needs. Background checks are performed on all new volunteers prior to the beginning a volunteer assignment.

Hospice Volunteer Opportunities:

Provide respite for families in their homes, hospice house and nursing facilities

Companionship visits, playing cards, life review, writing letters, and talking

Transportation Volunteers to transport patients to doctors' offices, labs and other destinations

Specialty Volunteers: Many needed volunteer activities don't fit neatly into a category. An attorney may volunteer to draw up a will or a bilingual volunteer may visit Spanish-speaking patients. Cooks can deliver prepared or frozen meals, make cookies or soup for the Hospice House, while scrap-bookers might make life review a delightful project for a patient or bereaved. The sky-and our imaginations- are our only limits in improving the lives of those we serve!

North Ottawa Care Center at Heartwood Lodge

We are a patient centered facility where up-to date professional care combines with warmth and patience to provide residents with personalized compassionate care in a home-like setting.